King George was not the only one in a daze, Lord Zorander also thought the food tasted familiar. He looked at Ann who was seated at the right hand of the king. He did not think she cooked it.


    When he looked at Ann he notice she was eating gracefully. The way she held the spoon it''s remained him of his daughter. Lord zorander closed and opened his eyes.


    Ann noticed his gaze on her, so she looked at lord zorander. "Is everything alright? Is there something  wrong with the food?" She asked lord zorander. She looked very concerned.


    "Everything is fine," lord zorander did not want to talk about his daughter. He felt it will make the situation awkward.


    Ann nodded her head and did not push on. How could she not know what was wrong? Richard looked at his mother, it was the first time she spoke without being spoken to.


    She seemed a lot different that morning. She kept smiling. Why was she so happy? He wondered.


    The Breakfast went on quietly and peacefully. After breakfast, Ann asked Richard and Princess Ellen to accompany her outside the palace. Prince Sebastian then offered to join them. He asked Jeffery to come along with them.


    Meanwhile, King George instructed Tim to spread the news around the palace. Lady Regina was not to be allowed into the palace unless he was the one who sent for her. He heard the news about her maid but he did not put it to heart.


    He also withdraws all the royal servants from her quarter. When lady Regina heard this news she was furious. although the king did not send her out of the palace withdrawing all her servants was a slap on the face.


    She thought that princess Ellen and Ann had reported about what they witnessed the night before. She could not guess that the king suspected her of what happened to Ann the previous night.


    If Ann and Ellen had told him what happened he most likely would have thrown her into the dungeon.


    She angrily overturns the table and the chair in the dining room. She felt as though she was going crazy. She had done everything to have the king, in the end, she only created a part for a lowly maid.


    Thinking about it her hatred for Ann grew. In her mind, she was certain that Ann was the one who lead the group of three into her quarter the previous night. She felt that the woman wanted to tell her that she remembered that she was the one who push her down the stairs.


    Even if Ann had known about her having a man to warm her bed, Ann could not have boldly brought people to take a look. If she was certain about meeting a man in her bed then Ann would have come with the king, not princess Ellen and her husband


    "I will have to kill you," lady Regina said. She felt as though she was losing her mind. How could a lowly maid beat her to her tricks? She could not allow Ann to know so many secrets of hers.


    It was quite unfortunate that she was no longer going against a lowly maid but a Queen. This has been something she failed to realize and something that would lead to her doom.


    Meanwhile, Ann, Richard, Ellen, and prince Sebastian were on their way to the place she wanted Ellen and Richard to accompany her to.


    Ann suddenly sneezes. "Someone is talking bad of me," she joked but deep down she knew it was real.


    "Mother, where are we heading?"  Richard asked. Ann smiled. It will not take too long. You are very familiar with the place. Richard nodded his head. He guesses they were returning to the small house Ann used to live in.


    Whenever Ann had the time she will come back and visit the resting place of her husband. An hour later they arrived at the old resident as Richard had predicted.


    "You two wait for me, I will not be long," Ann said when they got into the small courtyard. Richard and Ellen nodded in agreement. Prince Sebastian was riding in a smaller carriage behind them.


    " Do you think your mother was a noble lady who ran away from her kingdom because she was scared of marrying an old man?" Princess Ellen asked.


    "What do you mean?" Richard could not follow her train of thought.


    "I read that in the time past fathers gave their daughter out to marry men older than them. Your mother seems to carry nobility in her blood. It is not something that one gets from wearing the best dresses. And it can not be learned overnight," princess Ellen explains.


    She had been thinking of how elegant Ann carried herself since in the morning. She did not even have a trace of a maid but she flawlessly carried that aura of a Queen. So princess Ellen could only think of this possibility.


    When Richard heard princess Ellen he thought of the possibility. His mother has not told him sure a story but also considered the possibility. His grandfather had taken out time to teach him manners and how to walk like a prince.


    On the other hand, his mother had just married the king and easily knew her manners and how to carry herself with grace. The only logical explanation will be that she was born into a noble home.


    Prince Sebastian who heard the discussion of the two could not help but smile. As expected of his sunshine. It seems nothing can escape her sight.


    "What do you think she came here to do?" Princess Ellen asked after the short pause.


    "Mother, always came to visit father.," Richard replied. Most of the time he used to follow his mother, but things were different. He could not continue to pay respect to the dead man when his father was seated on the throne.


    At that time Ann was standing before the memorial of her husband.


    It was a tree just behind the small building. Different emotions flash through her heart. She needed to do this, so she could live in peace. She reached out to her neck and took off the necklace on her neck.


    She looked at it and the tree. This necklace was given to Ann as an engagement gift by her husband. Since she was married to another she had to let it go.


    The real owner of the body wanted this necklace returned to her husband. So that they can find each other again in the afterlife. After being a wandering spirit for so many years, she could not allow another to go through the same thing. Ann needed to join her ancestor and rest from the problems of life.. Standing in front of the tree she remembered what happened last night after the fall.